The municipality of Castillejos is one of the thirteen municipalities that comprise the province of Zambales. It is bounded on the north by municipality of San Marcelino and on the south by municipality of Subic. It has a total land area of 17,744 hectares.
Castillejos is 22 kms. from Olongapo City Proper, 60 kms from Iba and 147 kms northwest of Manila. Travel time is 3 ½ hours from Manila, one hour from Iba and ½ hour from Olongapo City.
Barangay | Land Feature | Land Area |
---|---|---|
01. Balaybay | Plain, Hilly | 1,531.97 |
02. Buenavista | Plain | 360.24 |
03. Del Pilar | Plain | 167.01 |
04. Looc | Plain, Hilly | 2,040.23 |
05. Magsaysay | Plain | 118.60 |
06. Nagbayan | Plain, Hilly | 716.67 |
07. Nagbunga | Plainy | - |
08. San Agustin | Plain | 554.40 |
09. San Jose | Plain | 194.88 |
10. San Juan | Plain | 68.65 |
11. San Nicolas | Plain | 217.11 |
12. San Pablo | Plain | 11,037.94 |
13. San Roque | Plain | 22.54 |
14. Sta. Maria | Plain | 29.83 |
The number of commercial establishments in the municipality is 1,660. These include marketing outlets, lending institutions, restaurants, furniture shop, sari-sari stores and many others. Sari-sari stores with a total number of 477 constitute the predominant form of trading. They provide the day-to-day livelihood of the immediate neighborhood.
At present, the Banco De Oro Unibank Inc. is the only commercial bank in the locality. Zambales Bank, GM Bank and Producers Bank are rural banks. The eight (8) micro-finance business activities are ASA Philippines Foundation Inc., Fundline Finance Corporation, JJB Home Bay Credit Solutions Corporation, M.E Fast Loan Lending Corporation, Pagasa Philippines Lending Company, Inc., ARDCI NGO Group Incorporated, CARD Inc. and Kazama Grameen Inc.
Raw material and manpower resources are no problem to the sector since they are locally available. The sector has so far been lucky to have the presence of a rural banks and cooperatives which provide financing services
Another tourist attraction is the “Cenaculo”, an annual commemoration of the Death and Passion of Jesus Christ during Holy Week.
Based on Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Census 2015, Castillejos has a total population of 64,841 with 697 population density (persons per square kilometer) and the most densely populated municipality in Zambales. Castillejos is the second most populous municipality in Zambales next to Subic as the first with total population of 104,771 and Sta. Cruz as the third with 58,151 total population. Barangay San Pablo is the number three most populous barangay in Zambales with a total population of 11,579. Castillejos has a total land area of 92.99 (square kilometer) based on Land Management Bureau.
With 64,841 total population, 30,076 are Males and 34,765 are Females.
Castillejos has 17,230 total number of households with 28,796 registered voters and 91 clustered precincts.
Sector | Percentage |
---|---|
Roman Catholics | 80.20% |
Iglesia ni Christo | 6.78% |
Protestants | 2.32% |
Other Christian Religions | 7.46% |
Islam | 0.40% |
Others | 2.81% |
Tagalog and Ilocano are the major spoken dialects.
There are a total of 1,600 Indigenous People in Catillejos, these are the Aetas living in several Barangays:
LocationPopulation
Brgy. San Pablo | 1090 |
Brgy. Balaybay | 475 |
Brgy. Looc | 35 |
Isang Dakilang Bayang Mahal
Sa atin ay bigay ng Maykapal
Lupa at lahing ikararangal
Noon ngayon magpakaylanman.
Ikaw at ako lahi ay iisa
Sa Castillejos halina
Kayang-kaya kapag sama-sama
Uunlad at giginhawa.
Ang bayan ni Ramon Magsaysay
Itangi at mahaling tunay
Labing-apat Ligang Barangay
Pinag-isa tungo sa tagumpay.
Edukasyon ating linangin
Kalusuga'y pagyamanin
Pagsasaka payabungin
Itanghal sariling atin.
Sa bayan kong minumutya
Mga ngiting nakahahalina
Bukid ilog lawang kay ganda
Sa Castillejos makikita.
Ang bayan kong sinisinta
Ang 'yong ganda'y nagbibigay sigla
Kayang-kaya basta't sama-sama
Ikaw ako tayo magkaisa
Kayang-kaya basta't sama-sama
Ikaw ako tayo magkaisa.
Lyricist: Rogelio I. Besarra
Composer: Maru B. Daria